Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School

Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Nicholasville, Kentucky, operated by Jessamine County, with 542 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

Across the 13 schools in Jessamine County (8,331 students total), Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jessamine County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jessamine County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,576 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jessamine County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,331 students), of which Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is one.

West Jessamine Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 542). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 7% to 12%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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